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Budget to include £1bn for social and affordable housing
The move will take funding for the 10-year programme to more than £40bn.
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Students like new tenancy freedoms - but landlords warn of higher rents
The Renters' Rights Act gives greater flexibility to leave a tenancy but the changes have posed challenges for student landlords.
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Gen Z is 'in the thick' of high housing costs. These candidates aim to solve it
Young candidates who rent or live with parents say their generation is "in the thick" of the country's housing affordability crisis. They argue this gives them new energy to solve it for…
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House prices falling in every Australian capital city for first time in 15 years
House prices in Sydney are at a two-year low after falling 4.7% in the September quarter to $1.66m, according to Domain report Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast…
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More than half of UK first-time buyers paying more for mortgage than they did for rent
Hamptons says figure of 56% is highest in at least a decade, with mortgage rates rising since start of Iran war A majority of first-time UK buyers now pay more towards their monthly…
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The housing crisis is now global. It shows just how undemocratic our nations have become | Leilani Farha
When we can’t even afford to rent or buy somewhere to live, we have to ask: did we give the financial sector too much power? Leilani Farha is the former UN special rapporteur on adequate…
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Manchester City owner’s £55m housing loan while Burnham was mayor investigated
Scrutiny committee looks into financing of Manchester Life project as PM promises ‘full transparency’ A £55m loan to Manchester City’s Abu Dhabi owner will be investigated as part of a…
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‘We are suffocating’: protests spread to Lisbon and Milan as housing and living cost tensions intensify
Hundreds at Lisbon tent camp demand action, as Giorgia Meloni says march in Italy was exploited by ‘hooligans’ The angry protests that have convulsed Spain and France in recent weeks have…
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Mortgage repayments are now cheaper than rent in some Australian suburbs. Is yours among them?
As house prices plateau, the gap between the cost of buying and renting is narrowing in dozens of suburbs Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast High rents and falling…
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London housing project wins top architecture award
Lion Green Road in Coulsdon was recognised for the way it responds to its surroundings.
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They asked for 80 homes – she gave them 157! Council-housing miracle named Britain’s best new building
Rising from bluebell woodlands and framed by rolling hills, this cluster of pink and brown brick towers in Croydon is a bittersweet winner of the prestigious RIBA Stirling prize If Andy…
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Gen Z Nonprofit Aims to Give Away Free Permanent Housing on a Lottery Basis — to Anyone Interested
Nearly half of U.S. renters and a quarter of homeowners were housing cost-burdened in 2024, meaning they spent more than 30% of their income on housing. Hundreds of thousands of others can…
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New-build homes for first-time buyers in England – in pictures
From a flat in a new urban village in London to a family-sized home in a rural village in Norfolk Continue reading...
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Protesters blame 'vulture funds' for Spain's housing crisis
Hundreds have pitched their tents in central Madrid, while the Spanish prime minister has called a snap election.
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María del Carmen Abascal, symbol of Spain’s housing protests, dies aged 87
Maricarmen’s eviction from Madrid apartment after over seven decades set off wave of protests against housing crisis ‘Now is the moment’: housing activists at Madrid encampment pin wary…
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She couldn't afford pet-friendly housing, so she gave up her dog of 10 years. Her community raised $18,000 to reunite them
After 23 years of marriage, Lisa Wilson and her dog Eddie had to find a new home. But Hurricane Helene had left the rental market in shambles.
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Tell us: are you affected by the 6% mortgage rate?
Will the mortgage rate rise change your plans to buy a house or move? The average cost of a five-year fixed-rate mortgage has hit the 6% barrier for the first time in three years. Figures…
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Here's the latest sticker shock: Borrowing for a mortgage -- or a car
It's not just mortgages being at their highest level in almost three years — but the cost of loans for cars and higher education are among the borrowing costs affected, too.
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UK house prices flatline as rising mortgage costs weigh on market
Average cost of home in September was £298,441, says Lloyds – about the same as year earlier and in August Business live – latest updates UK house prices flatlined in September, according…
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Scotland's 'Chornobyl' housing scheme takes starring role in new horror film
Sci-fi horror comedy, Behind, features scenes filmed in Port Glasgow's Clune Park shortly before it was demolished.
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A shedload of trouble for the neighbours | Letters
Jane Whitehead believes neighbours should be heard, not seen, while Paul Burton says the capacity of neighbours to take offence is limitless. Plus a letter from Joyce Corston Thank you to…
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Average five-year fixed mortgage rate hits 6% for first time in three years
Banks and building societies raise prices as turmoil in bond markets increases expectations of base rate rise The average cost of a five-year fixed-rate mortgage has hit the 6% barrier for…
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Average five-year mortgage rate hits 6% for first time in three years
The cost of a new fixed-rate mortgage has been rising in recent weeks as lenders face higher costs.
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The Guardian view on trapped leaseholders: Labour must keep its promise to set them free | Editorial
The government pledged to end an unfair system. Ministers must give homeowners power over costs, rather than another place to complain “To the millions of leaseholders across the country…
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